Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-06
TOO THIN.
Newspapers Trying hard to create
nissenSion.

anniversary day of Bret lIarte's
memorable adventure with the
"[Ieathen Chincc" who smiled so |
childlike and bland while he WAS up |
to mischief. Today, and indeed, for
the past few days, the capltaIlstlc
papers have shown much concern
for the welfare of the Labor Party, |
and have been beratlng those hor-
rible Socialists for their 'trlckery
and schemlng,' calculating upon the
supposed ignorance of the new re-
cruIts in the Labor Party, and
hoping thus to create IN Internal
antagonsm that will prove dis
astrous to the new party. The
HerdH, SIM and other flowers OF
captallstic genius, tell of secret
meetings of Socialists, and actually
report what WAS said in those
alleged meetings. They were schem-
ing, of course against the
capitalists-oh, no. but against
their fellow workmcn.
One of the He1ulFs stories is this:
"John }. Bealin says the Socialist
Labor Party has no following in the
places he visited, and that the United
Labor Party people are disgusted with
the trickery Of the socialists to capture
delegates to the Syracuse Convention
just for the fun of it let's analyae
the lie: In the first place John j.
Bcalin would not say such a thing,
for in Albany, Syracuse, and
Buffalo, he very naturally found the
sociallstc members of the Labor
Party very useful in the work OF
organization. The ADVOCATES
Albany report last week was enough
to settle that question.
The fact is that though there are
very few Socialists members of the.
Socialist party--in the country,
comparatively speaking, they are
nevertheless known by their fellow
workmen to be reliable and. honest,
though it is not every Socialist that
is known to the public as such.
When the workers want good re-
preventative on whom they can rely
not to dickcr or hobnob with
politicians, they elect n Socialist.
They select man with clean
record, and one that will not hesi-
tate, if need be, to offend the bosses
and boodlers in ahe performance of
his duty.
The newspapers also try to make
people believe that socialist doctrines
are ridiculous, but they very care
fully omit to say what those doctrines
are. It would be altogether too
socialistic to print those doctrines
and let the people judge for them
selvcs-that would never do.
Meanwhile the solid rank and file
of the Labor Party, trades unionlsts,
, Knights of Labor, Socialists,
Christians, Jews, native and
naturalized, fraternizo and show
their solidarity by their utter dis
regard of the newspaper twaddle, by
eIecting whom they please to rep
resent them at their State Convcn-
E ton.
. OF course there are among so many
people some black sheep-some paid
, spies and disorganizers. Such
fellows do not hesitate to crawl about,
splitting their venom wherever they
have better opportunity. But these
are men without influence, who may
J be made use of. but are not trusted.
- They are of the class of individuals
8 known as sneaks, and even when
9 nothing positive is known against
- them, they are not usually nom
, mated, much less elected, to rep
resent the people.
, 1t is this very principle of insist
! ing upon the reference of party
a questions to the people that defeats
the tricksters and sncaks. Sucl
frauds are afraid of the people, and IL
that they resemble their employers
the capitalistic parties, who are most
e earnestly opposed to such things ~
/ the Referendum, naturalization o
!. land and capital, and otheI
y "ridiculous" socialistic IDEAS.